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Expert: Greg Hughes - 11/5/2009
Question
I plan on wiring a switch to an outdoor lantern using power from my gfci load out. I have run my lantern and switch wires(14-2) to the gfci and only have to hook them up. Can you explain to me the simplest way I can do this. Thanks Rob.
Answer
Hot from the load terminal will go to the switch. Neutral from the load terminal goes to the switch box and then connected to the neutral going to the light. Hot going to the light gets wired to the switch.
Neutral to neutral at the light, hot to hot at the light, and all grounds together.
Recap:
At your GFCI you will have one set of wires going to the switch (hot, neutral, ground).
At your light you will have one set of wires going to the switch (hot, neutral, ground). These wires will connect to your wires from the light (black to black, white to white, and ground to ground).
At your switch you will connect hot from the GFCI to one side of the switch. You will connect the hot going to the light on the other side of the switch. You will connect the two neutrals together with a wirenut. All grounds get connected together.
We use black as hot and white as neutral.
Hope that helps.
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